Salvadorans Must Apply

DIGEST

July 5, 1995|Staff reports

Immigrants from El Salvador who live in South Florida and have temporary amnesty must apply for a new work authorization permit and political asylum by Sept. 30 to continue living and working legally in the United States.

The criteria applies only to Salvadorans who received temporary amnesty in 1990 under one of two programs: Deferred Enforced Departure or Temporary Protected Status. It does not apply to Salvadorans who received permanent amnesty under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act.

An estimated 190,000 Salvadorans across the country fall into this category. They should apply for asylum under the settlement terms of a 1990 court case, which was brought by the American Baptist Church to protest unfair treatment of Central American asylum-seekers.

Salvadorans who do not file applications before the Sept. 30 deadline face possible deportation.